Top 10 Highest Paying Jobs

Actors, Athletes and Business leaders are the ones who are being plastered with pictures of high profile on celebrity blogs and magazines. This might make you think that these occupations are the only route to wealth. If it’s money only that matters, then set your sights on more realistic and achievable goals by looking at the everyday career opportunities around you. The Top 10 highest paying jobs might be within your grasp. We nowhere claim they're easily attained -- they all need hard-work and years of experience together and nearly all of them require higher degree of education.

Physicians and Surgeons:

Physicians and Surgeons are medical degree holders to diagnose as well as treat injuries and illnesses to their patients. A Physician examines patient, checks medical history and prescribes medicines. They also may order, perform, and interpret diagnostic tests. Surgeons operate their patients to treat injuries caused due to broken bones or diseases such as cancerous tumor deformities, cleft palates and many more. Many physicians have private clinics and they are being helped by a handful staff of assistant doctors, nurses and other medicine workers. Physicians and Surgeons compulsorily have to work in germ free and disinfected environments while performing surgery. Career opportunities for Physicians and Surgeons are likely to grow by 24 percent from 2010 to 2020 which is a faster growth than the average for all careers. Job prospects are good for physicians ready to practice in rural and low-income areas, as these areas typically have difficulty getting instant medical facilities.

Chief Executives:

What does Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) and Bill gates (MICROSOFT); who happen to be the Chief Executives of fortune 500 companies and the richest people in U.S as per Forbes Magazine have in common? The common aspect between them is the duty of a CEO that they perform of setting up strategies and vision; along with motivation and direction for their companies. Additional educational requirement, vast work experience and hard-working nature has fetched them this name and fame of a top executive position in an organization.

Health care professionals providing preventive and restorative treatment for problems that affect the mouth and teeth are called DENTISTS. Most Dentists are self-employed practitioners who provide dental care to public under the National Health Service or privately. Few Dentists work as salaried practitioner as a specialist with armed forces, community dentistry, hospital dentistry, research, corporate practices or university teaching. A general dental practitioner (GDP) typically leads a team made up of dental care professionals (DCPs) and treats all, from children to the elderly. Educated from dental schools and additional training programs will make students eligible for dentist licensing exams which are essential for starting their career.

Increasing crime rates and evolving legalities enable legal systems to play an important role in maintaining the law and order situation of any nation. Highly respectable professionals such as Judges, magistrate Judges and Magistrates are at fourth place with the highest pay. They are mainly responsible for deciding sentence for the offender. They hear submissions from the prosecution and defense, satisfy themselves with facts and figures and apply law, including any relevant sentencing principles in order to decide appropriate sentence. Apart from law degree, considerable amount of work experience as a lawyer is mandatory before they are appointed as judges or magistrates.

Entire world is evolving with new shapes and designs through architectural structures and jaw dropping constructions. They are the ones who plan, coordinate and direct activities for architecture and engineering firms, which also include research and development in these fields. Most of the time architectural and engineering managers are in an office. However, some managers are also found working at construction sites or in industrial plants and laboratories. Their employment growth is expected to be 9 percent from 2010 to 2020. Increased work experience definitely helps them to advance to top management positions.

Podiatrists:

Podiatrists are one of the lucrative careers in medical field. They are responsible for providing medical and surgical care to those who suffer from foot, ankle and lower leg problems. Podiatrists diagnose illnesses, perform surgery and treat injuries. Most of them work in offices of podiatry, either self employed or with other Podiatrists. Mostly, they work in groups and practice with other physicians or specialists. Employment growth for them is expected to grow by 20 percent from 2010 to 2020, speedier than the average for all occupations.

Natural Sciences Managers:

The work of Chemists, Scientists including Physicists and Biologists is conducted by Natural Sciences Managers. They spend their time in offices or in laboratories. They prefer to work full time. To become a Natural sciences manager, one at least needs a bachelor’s degree in natural science or some related field. It is a general trend to become a scientist and then a Natural Science Manager. Research and development projects are directed and coordinated along with the activities such as Production, Quality Control and Testing. Career opportunities for Natural Sciences Managers are forecasted to grow by 8 percent starting 2010 to 2020.

Computer and Information Systems managers are very often known or designated as information technology managers (IT managers or IT project managers). They strategically plan, coordinate and direct activities related to computer systems for an organization. Determine the information technology goals for any organization is the prime responsibility. They achieve this through implementing appropriate computer systems. Nowadays, having a Computer and Information Systems managers is inevitable. Nearly, all IT managers work full time. Bachelor’s degree in computer information science backed up with relative and considerable work experience is necessarily required to become a computer information systems manager. Their annual wage was $115,780 in May 2010. 18 percent growth is projected for employment for these professionals from 2010 to 2020. This growth is also driven by organizations evolving their Information Technology systems and shifting to latest, faster and more mobile networks.

Petroleum Engineers have to design and develop technologies for extracting natural resources such as oil and gas from deposits below the earth’s crust. They are involved in finding new methods to extract oil and gas from used and old wells. Offices or research laboratories are the places where Petroleum Engineers work. Drilling sites are also the spots where they spend long period of time. A bachelor’s degree in engineering, preferably in petroleum engineering is required to become a petroleum engineer. Work experience is an added advantage, so cooperative engineering programs, which brings academic credit for structured job experience, carries its own importance. In May 2010, their annual was $114,080. 17 percent employment growth is expected for them during 2010-20. Scarcity of natural resources hikes the oil prices; which becomes a major determinant of employment growth. Higher prices might increase complexity of oil companies’ operations and they might need more engineers for each drilling operation.

Promotions, Advertising and Marketing have been and will be an essentiality for companies seeking expansion in market share. Planning programs in co ordination with sales agents and art directors to generate interest in a product or service is the key job role of Promotions, Advertising & Marketing Managers. 22 percent advertising and promotions managers were employed by advertising agencies in May 2010 followed by 13 percent of Marketing Managers who were employed to manage companies and enterprises. They were paid $112,800 in May 2010. People typically having experience in Sales, Promotions, Marketing or Advertising too need a bachelor’s degree to get employed as Marketing Managers. A growth of 14 percent is projected for them from 2010 to 2020. They will continue to be essential for organizations as they seek to maintain and expand their share of the market.